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Sarah made a snack mix using pretzles and popcorn. The ratio of pretzles to popcorn is 5:15. She used 6 cups of popcorn. How many cups of pretzels did she use
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Sarah made a snack mix using pretzles and popcorn. The ratio of pretzles to popcorn is 5:15. She used 6 cups of popcorn. How many cups of pretzels did she use

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pretzels to popcorn=5:15
this can be treated as a fraction
5/15
simplify
1/3
so if there area 6 popcorn
3 times 2=6
1 times 2=2

so there will be 2 cups of popcorn
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